Individual Local Consultancy for Designing and Advocacy Strategy in Tbilisi, Georgia

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UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child, Hope

Purpose of Activity/Assignment:

- Develop the Advocacy Strategy and Action Plan for the UNICEF Country Programme for 2021-2025;

- Carry out a desk-review with the aim to identify advocacy priorities and objectives;

- Conduct meetings with UNICEF programme staff to inform the strategy;

Scope of Work:

In recognition of the need to accelerate our impact for children and strengthen UNICEF's global advocacy, the Executive Director in June 2020 confirmed UNICEF's four long-term Global Advocacy Priorities (GAPs). Advocacy is one of the key strategies for UNICEF Georgia's ongoing country programme to achieve its programmatic results and to promote child rights. The country programme aims at further improving the situation of children and adolescents through adoption of a range of progressive legislation and policies and advocacy is one of the core leveraging strategies in this regard.

UNICEF seeks a consultant to support in developing the advocacy strategy for the 2021-2025 Country Programme which will define the context, specific steps, messages and action plan for the Georgia CO.

Methodology

Desk review and meetings with key stakeholders will be conducted to inform the advocacy strategy development process. The final document will be written in close cooperation with UNICEF communications and programme sections.

Activities and Tasks:

Review UNICEF guidelines and templates for strategy documents.

Review UNICEF global guidelines on advocacy and UNICEF Georgia's 2021-2025 Country Programme Document.

Conduct meetings and consultations with UNICEF programme and communication colleagues to identify the advocacy objectives for the strategy.

Advise UNICEF on specific recommendations and action points regarding the strategy development process.

Develop UNICEF advocacy strategy and action plan for the 2021-2025 country programme.

Responsibilities

UNICEF's responsibilities include timely provision of all required information, guidance and feedback on all deliverables.

The selected consultant is expected to provide products as per defined tasks and deliverables, and revise them based on feedback provided by UNICEF.

Work Assignment Overview

Tasks/Milestone:

Deliverables/Outputs:

Timeline:

Reviewing documents

Research

4 days

Consultations with UNICEF programme staff

Consultations carried out

10 days

Producing the first draft of the advocacy strategy

Draft report developed

4 days

Final draft of the advocacy strategy and action plan

Final draft developed

2 days

Start Date: 30 August - 20 working days

Location: Home based

QUALIFICATION AND COMPETENCIES.

Education:

Advanced University degree in the field of advocacy, communications, social sciences or any other relevant field

Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required:

• University degree in Communications, Social Sciences or related field;
• Minimum of 7 years of professional experience in communications and advocacy
• Previous experience in development of communications and advocacy strategies;
• Fluency in written and spoken English.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

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UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Remarks:

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.